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cover/ˈkʌvə/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. (用布、盖等)保护；掩护，掩蔽 2a extend over; occupy the whole surface of 盖，铺盖，覆盖 covered in dirt 被尘土所覆盖; covered with writing 写满了字 b (often foll. by 常后跟 with) strew thickly or thoroughly 撒满 covered the floor with straw 在地板上撒满稻草 c lie over; be a covering to 位于…上；盖在…上 the blanket scarcely covered him 那毯子几乎没盖在他身上 3a protect; clothe 保护；给…穿衣，以衣蔽体 b (as 作 covered adj.) wearing a hat; having a roof 戴帽子的；有顶子的 4 include; comprise; deal with 包括；涉及；论及 the talk covered recent discoveries 演讲中论及了最近的一些新发现 5 travel (a specified distance) 行，行走(一段路程) covered sixty miles 走了 60 英里 6 Journalism 【新闻学】a report (events, a meeting, etc.) 报道，采访(事件、会议等) b investigate as a reporter (记者)调查 7 be enough to defray (expenses, a bill, etc.) 足以支付(费用、账单等) ￡ 20 should cover it 20 英镑足以支付这项开支 8a refl. take precautionary measures so as to protect oneself 采取预防措施(以保护自己)，打掩护，找借口 had covered myself by saying I might be late (我)说我有可能会迟到，为自己打了掩护 b (absol. [含宾]; foll. by 后跟 for) deputize or stand in for (a colleague etc.) 顶替，代替(同事等) will you cover for me? 你替我一下好吗？ 9 Mil.a aim a gun etc. at 【军】(用枪等)瞄准，对准 b (of a fortress, guns, etc.) command (a territory) (要塞等)控制(某个范围)；(枪炮等)射程达到 c stand behind (a person in the front rank) 接应(前排的人) d protect (an exposed person etc.) by being able to return fire (用火力)掩护(已暴露的人等) 10a esp. Cricket stand behind (another player) to stop any missed balls (尤)【板球】补接(前排队员漏接的球) b (in team games) mark (a corresponding player of the other side) (球赛等)盯防(对方队员) 11 (also absol. [亦含宾]) (in some card games) play a card higher than (one already played to the same trick) 压牌(指用较大的牌压倒对方的出牌) 12 make a cover version of (a song etc.) 转录(歌曲等) 13 (of a stallion, a bull, etc.) copulate with (种牡马、公牛等)与(雌性)交配 ●n. 1 something that covers or protects esp. 尤指 : 覆盖物，掩蔽物，保护物a a lid 盖子 b the binding of a book (书的)封皮，书皮 c either board of this (书的)书壳 d an envelope or the wrapper of a parcel 信封；(邮件的)封套 under separate cover 在单独的函件内 e the outer case of a pneumatic tyre (充气轮胎的)外胎 f (in pl. 用复数) bedclothes 床罩，床单 2 a hiding place; a shelter 隐蔽处；躲避处；藏身处 3 woods or undergrowth sheltering game or covering the ground (cf. 参见 COVERT n. 1) 覆盖植物(指供猎物藏身或覆盖地表的树木或灌木) 4a a pretence; a screen 借口，托辞 under cover of humility 以人性为托辞，打着人性的幌子 b a spy's pretended identity or activity, intended as concealment (间谍的)假身份 c Mil. a supporting force protecting an advance party from attack 【军】(保护前进部队不受攻击的)掩护部队 5 Brit. [英]a funds, esp. obtained by insurance, to meet a liability or secure against a contingent loss (尤指履行某种责任或防止意外损失的)保证金，保险金 b the state of being so protected (责任或意外损失的)保险 third-party cover 第三方保险 6 a place setting at table, esp. in a restaurant (尤指饭店餐桌上为一人摆放的)全套餐具 7 Cricket 【板球】 = COVER POINT 8 (in full 全称 cover version) a recording of a previously recorded song etc., made esp. to take advantage of the original's success (歌曲等的)转录制品 □ break cover (of an animal, esp. game, or a hunted person) leave a place of shelter, esp. vegetation (猎物或人)从隐蔽处出来 □ cover in provide with a roof etc. 封盖，给…装顶盖 □ cover one's tracks conceal evidence of what one has done 掩盖行踪，隐藏所做事情的痕迹 □ cover up 1 completely cover or conceal 完全盖住，遮住 2 conceal (circumstances etc., esp. illicitly) 掩盖，掩饰(尤指非法行为) also absol. [亦含宾]: refused to cover up for them 拒绝替他们掩饰 □ from cover to cover from beginning to end of a book etc. 从封面到封底；从头至尾 □ take cover use a natural or prepared shelter against an attack 隐蔽 □ coverable adj.[Middle English via Old French covrir, cuvrir from Latin cooperire (as CO-, operire opert- ‘cover’)] |